Recap of the Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) AMER/EMEA on February 22, 2023
Attending: @askdesign, @javiercasares, @jillbinder, @juliarosia, @katiejrichards, @kcrockett, @martatorre, @onealtr, @santanainniss, @sc0ttkclark, @webcommsat Host: @jillbinder Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1677088827008949 Summary 1 – Attendance and check-ins (everyone)2 – First time here3 – Workshops (@jillbinder) Upcoming: March 1, 2023: Speaker workshops for Americas/Europe. We have a few speaker mentors and we are looking for more. March 16, 2023: Organizing Inclusive and Welcoming WordPress events. Link and region coming soon. Recent: Updates to the results from the January APAC speaker workshop. 6 new attendees via watching the recording = 31 attendees total, 28 cities, 10 countries! Jill shared the great testimonials from the workshop 4 speakers from this workshop + our women in India workshop Sept 2022 applied to speak at WordCamp Kerala Other updates: A Meetup in Africa is asking about holding our speaker workshop at their meetup 4 – Marketing (@santanainniss) @santanainniss has been promoting our upcoming March 1 workshop.5 – WPDiversity at WC Asia (@onealtr) 15 people attended the WPDiversity discussion at the Community Team table at WC Asia. This was the largest discussion Discussion was facilitated by @onealtr, @alliennimmons, and @bobdunn-trainer They discussed things such as: Diversity challenges in the past. What is diversity in Asia? How did WCUS and WCEU work on their mix of speakers. What…
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